{"product_id":"mitjili-napurrula-watiya-tjuta-acrylic-on-canvas-painting-188cm-x-145-5cm","title":"MITJILI NAPURRULA \"Watiya Tjuta\" Acrylic on Canvas Painting 188cm x 145.5cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMITJILI NAPURRULA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (1945-2019)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Acrylic On Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Can be Hung Vertically or Horizontally)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eTitle: Uwalki - Watiya Tjuta \u0026amp; Irantji Dreaming with Wildflowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eImage Size: 188cm x 145.5cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear Painted: 2007\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Dacou Gallery, Ultimo, NSW - Ref DG 08299\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eStretched and Ready to Hang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e**FREE Sydney Metro Delivery**\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eComes with Certificate of Authenticity from Martinez Art Dealer. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou can also come view this work and many others in our Surry Hills Gallery in Sydney. Please message me to arrange a time to view in person. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerafin Martinez \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrincipal, Martinez Art Dealer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurry Hills, Sydney, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eABN 36 561 407 649\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiography:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eMitjili Napurrula was born in 1945 at Papunya, 200 kilometres West of Alice Springs. She was the daughter of Tupa Tjakamarra (now deceased) and Tjunkiya Napatljarri. Her mother, Tjunkayi Napaltjarri, was a Pintupi\/Luritja woman from Yumari.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eLike many of her generation, Mitjili witnessed the genesis of the Papunya Tula art movement and the artistic contribution made by members of her immediate family. Mitjili's brother, Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, was one of the founding members of the Papunya Tula Artists cooperative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eMitjili grew up in Papunya and moved to Haasts Bluff with her late husband Long Tom Tjapanangka in the late 1980’s during the outstation movement.  The couple started painting at Ikuntji in 1992 with the opening of Ikuntji Women’s Centre, both contributing significantly to the emerging art movement there. She gained an international following after winning the Alice Springs Art Prize in 1999.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eIn Mitjili's winning painting, Untitled (1999), coagulated white pigment eddies around abstract forms that refer to the Watiya Tjuta (desert oak\/spearwood trees) used to make kulatas (spears). The tightly structured patterning of the key motifs and bold use of colour demonstrated the artist’s confidence in her individual artistic vision within a family of superlative artists - and the cultural heritage that continues to inform the myriad expressions of Western Desert artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eThe Watiya Tjuta in Mitjili's paintings is her father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) in Ilyingaungau country (Gibson Desert).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eMitjili and her brother, Tjupurrula had the same father, Tupa Tjakamarra, from whom they both inherited the right to paint works related to Ilyingaungau. This site, south of Walungurru (Kintore), some 520 kilometres west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), is where the artist’s Mutikatjirri ancestors assembled their kulata (spears) for a conflict with the Tjukula men. Allusive works that refer to the straightening of kulata by Tjupurrula are among the landmark paintings of the movement’s history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eMitjili lived at an outstation close to Papunya where she continued to paint in her later years, along side her family and fellow artists such as Ann Lane nee Dixon. 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